meteorwrong

Noun

1. A rock that is believed to be a meteorite, but is in fact terrestrial in origin; a pseudometeorite.
   • A scarlet precipitate (C₈H₁₄N₄O₄Ni) will be present if nickel is present. A negative test for nickel means you have a "meteorwrong." A positive test may indicate you have a meteorite, but since there are many commercial...
   • Unfortunately, the object turned out to be only a “meteorwrong”—although a deceptive one. - 1969, Lincoln LaPaz, Topics in Meteoritics: Hunting Meteorites: Their Recovery, Use, and Abuse from Paleolithic to Present...
   • Vastly more meteorwrongs are found than meteorites. This should be no surprise. A host of Earth objects—natural and manmade—do indeed look like meteorites, and they are just waiting to be found and to confuse you. -...